Covenant
Call of Abraham (Genesis 12:1-9)
God is calling Abraham as an origin of new people of God, who will know true God and worship Him. These people will be founded upon trust in promises given by Lord. The whole abrahamic narrative will be about test of this trust. God is sending Abraham out of his birth land to a...
Passover (Exodus 12:1-51)
The celebration of Passover or Pesach in Exodus 12 is one of the most important parts of the whole Bible. It commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery. In this text, the significant word form is the verb פָּסַח [pāsaḥ]. Its first occurrence is at Ex 12:13 (in the form of...
Decalogue (Exodus 20:1-17)
Ten Commandments belong among the most known texts of the Bible. However, it is not so much known that this text, in fact, can not be literary called as commandments. This is suggested both by the context, which speaks of Decalogue as "words" (Ex 20:1) or as "ten words" (Ex 34:28), and the...
Lord, remember David (Psalm 132)
Psalm 132 is a part of the Songs of Ascents, a collection of psalms sung by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. This psalm has two main sections: verses 1-10, which are a petition for God to remember David's devotion and promises concerning the ark of the covenant; and verses 11-18, which recount...